Plug Power wins Canadian fuel cell award

Plug Power in Latham was awarded the 2012 Commercialization Award from the Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association for introducing fuel cells to the $20 billion industrial forklift market.

Plug Power has long been developing fuel cells for various markets including cell phone towers and for use in the home and in cars. But its operations really took off when it began focusing exclusively on the fork lift market, which started when it acquired a Canadian company that had been involved in the fork lift market.

Plug Power’s fuel cells have been installed by major companies, from Sysco and FedEx to Proctor and Gamble.